# bello
## English
### Etymology

From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau.

### Noun

bello (plural bellos)
* A young man; sweetheart.

### Anagrams

* Bollé, Lobel

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin bellum.

### Noun

bello
* war

#### Synonyms

* guerra

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin bellus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛl.lo/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛllo
* Hyphenation: bèl‧lo

### Adjective

bello (see below for inflection, superlative bellissimo, augmentative bellòccio or bellóne (noun) or bellóna f (“beautiful but common woman”, noun), endearing bellùccio, diminutive-endearing bellìno)
* nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather, etc.)
    Che bello! ― How nice!
    una bella giornata ― a beautiful day
* good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person)
* considerable (quantity)
    Synonyms: grande, grosso, forte
    una bella somma ― a considerable amount
* used to emphasize the size, quantity, degree, or extent
    Dammi una fetta bella spessa! ― Give me a nice thick slice!
    Quest'albero ha le foglie belle verdi. ― This tree's got its leaves nice and green.
* good
    Synonym: buono
    un bel lavoro ― a good job

#### Inflection

| | Not before the noun | Before the noun | Before the noun | Before the noun |
| | Not before the noun | Before most consonants | Before impure s, gli, gn, pn, ps, x, z | Before vowels and h |
| Masculine singular | bello | bel | bello | bell’ |
| Feminine singular | bella | bella | bella | | bell’ |
| Masculine plural | belli | bei | begli | begli |
| Feminine plural | belle | belle | belle | belle |

#### Derived terms

* abbellire

#### Related terms

* a bella posta
* bellamente
* bellezza
* bellimbusto
* bellino
* belloccio
* belluria
* beltà

### Noun

bello m (invariable)
* beauty
    il bello nell’arte ― beauty in art
* (weather) fair-weather
    Synonym: sereno
    Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? ― Will tomorrow be back the good weather?
* (informal) man, fella
    Dai, andiamo, bello! ― C'mon, let's go, fella!
    Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? ― So, man, where do you come from?

### Anagrams

* bolle

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbel.loː/, [ˈbɛlːʲoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbel.lo/, [ˈbɛlːo]

### Etymology 1

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -ō.

#### Verb

bellō (present infinitive bellāre, perfect active bellāvī, supine bellātum); first conjugation, no passive
* to wage or carry out war, fight in war, war
* (by extension) to fight, contend
    Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, serō, dēcertō

##### Derived terms

* bellor
* dēbellō
* rebellō

##### Descendants

* → Italian: bellare

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bellō n
* dative/ablative singular of bellum (“war”)

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

bellō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bellus

### References

* “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* bello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo (ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48) (ambiguous) to be involved in a war: bello implicari (ambiguous) everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2) (ambiguous) to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere

## Portuguese
### Adjective

bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of belo.
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 131:Sabes quem são os meus mestres do bom e do bello?Do you know who are my teachers of the good and the beautiful?

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bello, in turn a borrowing from Old Occitan bel, bell, from Latin bellus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 13th century, but not in the Poem of the Cid nor pre-literary Castilian. Part of the evidence for it being a borrowing is the lack of diphthongization, cf. Old Spanish castiello, amariello. The native Old Spanish terms were bellido and fermoso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeʝo/ [ˈbe.ʝo]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝo/ [ˈbe.ʝo]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈbeʎo/ [ˈbe.ʎo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃo/ [ˈbe.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒo/ [ˈbe.ʒo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eʝo
* Rhymes: -eʝo
* Rhymes: -eʎo
* Rhymes: -eʃo
* Rhymes: -eʒo
* Syllabification: be‧llo
* Homophone: vello

### Adjective

bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas, superlative bellísimo)
* beautiful, fair
* lovely (wonderful)

#### Derived terms

* bella de noche
* bellamente
* bellas artes
* bellas letras
* bello sexo
* embellecer

#### Related terms

* beldad
* belleza

#### See also

* bonito
* guapo
* lindo
* precioso

### Further reading

* “bello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bello”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 562-3